Category: Science

The Avenue of the Baobabs preserves the remnant trees of an ancient tropical forest on Madagascar.

NPR’s Short Wave talks about elephants’ sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a surprising discovery about the early universe.

The elm zigzag sawfly has spread to 15 states in five years. Now it’s attacking the tree that cities planted to replace Dutch elm disease

Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong asteroids.

The massive sunspot that sparked an “extreme” geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar flares, including a hidden X-class outburst, a

The Waorani capture an Anaconda in Bameno, Ecuador.

The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone is “beyond convincing”

Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist;

Sophie Germain was a brilliant, self-taught mathematician who won one of France’s most prestigious prizes, yet she declined to attend the award ceremony because the

NASA’s SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into one dazzling mosaic.

Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi.

NASA says a crew member on the International Space Station is unwell. The agency canceled a planned spacewalk for Thursday and is taking the rare

Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super learners can

The federal move to no longer recommend certain vaccines for all U.S. children is not supported by new evidence and could undermine health gains.